"Where Will the Dimple Be?" is a 1955 single by Rosemary Clooney supported by the Buddy Cole Quartet, the Mellomen, and the bass solo of Thurl Ravenscroft, about a pregnant wife speculating where her baby's dimple will be. Clooney recorded the song on January 13, 1955,[1] just weeks before the birth of her son Miguel Ferrer on February 7, 1955.[2] The song was also covered by Alma Cogan[3] and Lorrae Desmond (with Bob Sharples and His Music, and The Melodaires).[4]
| "Where Will the Dimple Be?" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Rosemary Clooney and The Mellomen | ||||
| B-side | "Brahms' Lullaby (Close Your Eyes)" | |||
| Released | March 12, 1955 | |||
| Recorded | January 13, 1955 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 2:22 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Al Hoffman, Bob Merrill | |||
| Producer(s) | The Buddy Cole Quartet, The Mellomen | |||
| Rosemary Clooney and The Mellomen singles chronology | ||||
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The Clooney version did not chart in the USA despite Billboard magazine of March 12, 1955 saying "The sales curve on this disk is also showing a fine upward slope after little more than 10 days in the field" but it was very popular in the UK where it reached No. 6 in the charts in 1955 during a 15-week stay.[5]
References
edit- ^ Crossland, Ken (2013). Late Life Jazz. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 194. ISBN 978-0199798575.
- ^ Crossland, Ken (2013). Late Life Jazz. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0199798575.
- ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. July 1955. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
- ^ "45cat.com". 45cat.com. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
- ^ Roberts, David (2005). British Hit Singles & Albums (18th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Ltd. p. 112. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
- Frith, Simon (1990). On Record. Routledge. p. 26. ISBN 0-415-05306-4.
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